Test Equipment Anonymous

Well, a pleasant surprise for once.

I was trying to sell a treasure on fleabay, and since it hadn't sold I was in the process of sending an offer to the people watching it. I never managed to complete that, since someone bought it at the (very reasonable, naturally) asking price.

It seems that the Fluke 760A has got lost in this quite interesting thread, on other fora, we would have moderators screeching! It will run its course. I've had that thought, and that this thread would have been barely conceivable only 30 years ago. I remember reading https://philip.greenspun.com/s...

Not to mention some of the early Perth inhabitants were experts at breaking rocks. :D The Freo jail still stands as testament. Clearly a jail was a high priority: "The Roundhouse is the oldest public building in the State of Western Australia. Opened in January 1831, just 18 months after settl...

I think the Woolhouse looks a lot like what I remember, & the construction was very similar to the Fremantle one, but I thought they were both smaller. In retrospect, I'm surprised that I didn't take a photo back then. We did have a rather different attitude back then. Photos were taken on holi...

When I went to Southampton UK back in the day, one of the interesting sights was a warehouse from the mid 1400s, which was notable for some other reason now lost in the mists of receding memories. What struck me was that it was virtually indistinguishable from some made in Fremantle WA in the 1840s...

When I went to Southampton UK back in the day, one of the interesting sights was a warehouse from the mid 1400s, which was notable for some other reason now lost in the mists of receding memories. What struck me was that it was virtually indistinguishable from some made in Fremantle WA in the 1840s...

I've had similar experiences in the US... Taking an hour to drive the "five miles" from Palo Alto to San Francisco. Taking all day to get to a hotel just outside Yosemite Park. Then taking an hour to get there from there to the car park in Yosemite village. Up in the Rockies, seeing neighb...

I visited Scotland in 2001 and rented a car and had my experience with right hand drive. Didn't make any stupid mistakes especially at roundabouts. So I know what most of the roads are like. Narrow and twisty. Problems are... If I was in the centre of a narrow lane with something coming the other d...

35kg whichever way :( Then I take it you are not into boatanchor comms receivers. RA17 30 kg AR88 44 kg B40 46kg Certainly not! Boring things ;) I might be tempted by an HP8566 at 50kg, but that splits into 21+29kg lumps. Fortunately I have two 21GHz SAs that are more than good enough for me, but I...

These are British roads, they aren't long and straight, for the most part, where you could hit cruise control and doze off. Our roads are very narrow by comparison, and demand constant attention, especially in remote areas like that. If it were a breeze to drive there and back, I'd have it myself. ...

holy crap med......are you hearing the pissing and moaning from these brits about driving a couple of hours? Over here 100 miles is a long way, over there 100 years is a long time :) I was once in Copenhagen (Denmark) and had a couple of days to spare before getting home. So I went to Stresa (Italy...

It's an 8 hour drive from where I live. That's without a break, and at least two would need to be fitted in. I find a three hour drive is about as much as I find tolerable. Anyway, a day's traveling, staying somewhere overnight, then a day driving back. Tempting, but all considered, I'll pass. For ...

I have 1V and 10V sources plus a 7decade KVD. But not 1kV. Wel, I do have a 1kV electrophoresis PSU, but it is too noisy to be useful; thought required. I also have a Fluke515 calibrator, which does AC and DC to 100V. For AC I use a standard signal generator, and measure the voltage. I presume the A...

MED6753 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 16, 2025 7:10 pm Is that you or someone else? If they were on this side of the pond I'd take it off their hands in a heartbeat.

Not me.

There are two reasons I'm not interested: AC not DC, and 38kg

https://test-equipment-for-sale-wanted-or-exchange.groups.io/g/main/message/7036 This Fluke 760A Voltage Calibrator is in good cosmetic condition and was working fine when last tested a few years ago. Health issues mean I cannot test this again, nor can I ship it, it is far too heavy for me to pack,...

A well scanned version of an old publication, containing lovely pictures and diagrams, plus terse useful explanations. Subjects include magnetic meters of various classes, standard cells, resistors, shunts, photocells, rectifiers, electrostatic devices, tachos, and more. http://bitsavers.org/test_eq...

nope. I have always been fond of snakes, and will try to move them off the road when they are sunning themselves in a dangerous spot. have saved black snakes, ribbons, eastern water snakes, tiny ringed necks, corn snakes, copper heads and rattlers. they are my friends and have always behaved themse...

As for the others, you can't train common sense, work ethic, or that sort of thing. Eventually people have to stand on their own two feet but not everyone can to the same extent but, far worse, are the malicious ones that slack off or deliberately damage things. Arguably even worse are the well-mea...

Is a cat without a hunting insect instinct a cat? (Goddam autokorrupt)

A self-propelled thigh-warmer with claws, probably, but a cat...

Just checking they didn't also install a mouse?

How about, you don't get to touch anything beyond a litter-picker, until you've proved some minimal technical competency? Nice idea, but who would be willing to take the responsibility for stating someone is competent? Or not incompetent? Who tests the testers? Who trains the trainers? With gliding...

I guess it's hard to find good technicians whether it's a paid or volunteer environment. Somebody needs to train them. If that isn't possible then have supervision. If that isn't possible (e.g. voluntary organisation) then at least have three people working alongside each other, so that there is a ...

I've seen very high value (100A plus) fuses filled with sand (or something). I assumed it was there for quenching. When it blows you want it to stop conducting, not to continue as an arc. Well, these cigars are 30A, but also "Eaton Bussmann Series Class RK5 fuse, FRS-R, time-delay, dual-elemen...

The eevblog video posted yesterday ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TYtdpbFWuA ) about fuse characteristics being permanently changed by exposure to low temperature was interesting. He was showing fuses in the context of current shunt overcurrent protection in multimeters. They are crude things w...

Robert wrote: ↑Tue Apr 01, 2025 8:09 pm And the date is.....

March 31st
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevb ... msg5866735